Cost effective: Studies estimate the 3D print technique could cut building time by 50% to 70% and labour costs by 50% to 80%.
DUBAI: Dubai has opened what it said was the world's first functioning 3D-printed office building, part of a drive by the Gulf's main tourism and business hub to develop technology that cuts costs and saves time.
The printers – used industrially and also on a smaller scale to make digitally designed, three-dimensional objects from plastic – have not been used much for building.
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